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Powerful Learning: Studies Show Deep Understanding Derives from Collaborative Methods
Cooperative learning and inquiry-based teaching yield big
dividends in the classroom. And now we have the research to prove it.
By Brigid Barron, Linda Darling-HammondToday's students will enter a job market that values skills and
abilities far different from the traditional workplace talents that so
ably served their parents and grandparents. They must be able to crisply
collect, synthesize, and analyze information, then conduct targeted
research and work with others to employ that newfound knowledge. In
essence, students must learn how to learn, while responding to endlessly
changing technologies and social, economic, and global conditions.Read More:http://www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research

Kindergarten Historians: Primary Sources in an Early Elementary Classroom

Joichi Ito said,“Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.”Many educators and business professionals feel America’s strength has always been her citizens' innovative and creative ability, and are becoming increasingly concerned that creativity is not being fostered in America’s public schools today. In this WebQuest you will explore the works of three very different innovators, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Frank Lloyd Wright and attempt to discover the traits they had in common and how nature, beauty, and art influenced them. Read More: http://myconnect.waynesburg.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=78ab0c3f-1cd4-4119-9fe7-44fe7ea44c65&groupId=193395